摘要:
Calibration logic separately operates DC motors of a tape drive at a steady state estimated velocity (Omega C) for at least one full revolution without a tape; senses Hall sensor(s) to indicate a full revolution of each motor, measuring the time of the full revolution; determines the actual velocity (Omega A) of each motor employing the measured time; compares Omega C to Omega A to determine a calibration constant (K calib) for each motor; to calibrate the motor velocity of each motor, for determining the velocity for a mounted tape by averaging the tape velocity generated by each motor based on the calibrated motor velocity.
摘要:
Servo control circuitry 300 includes a digital to analog converter 402 for converting digital servo control data into a pulse width modulated signal. A first conductor transmits the pulse width modulated signal to an external device 409. A second conductor transmits a reference signal derived from the clock signal to external device 409, external device 409 differentially receiving the pulse width modulated signal with respect to the reference signal.
摘要:
A data recording and reproducing method for an optical disk data storage system to record data compressed at different data compression rate according to an operator's specification, and to reproduce the recorded data by decompressing. According to the operator's indication, the data is recorded at certain data compression rate in indicated area. The information of the data compression rate and the recorded area is stored as a table of contents (TOC) data. The TOC data is reproduced and stored in a memory after the optical disk is loaded. The recorded data is reproduced by selecting a decoding circuit to decompress the data. The decoding circuit is selected by referring the TOC data to identify data compression rate of the recorded data. Also the TOC data is referred to identify read-in and read-out region of the recorded data. The position of a pick-up when the data recording is started and ended, is recorded as the TOC data to provide random access capability for the data reproduction.
摘要:
A meandering groove is formed in a digital disk (10) with a wobble signal that is wobbled to reproduce a clock signal. The wobble signal is read out by an optical head (26). An address detection circuit (40) detects an address signal that is multiplexed with the wobble signal. A PLL oscillation circuit (24) provides a clock signal in synchronization with the wobble signal. Data is modulated by a modulation circuit (16) according to the clock signal and a timing signal based on the address signal, and recorded on the digital disk (10). In reproduction, a RF signal in the wobble signal is converted into a digital signal by an A/D converter (42). The signal is demodulated by a demodulation circuit (44) for data output.
摘要:
An information recording apparatus initializes an information record medium of repeatedly recordable type, on which at least a lead in area and a data area following the lead in area are assigned in accordance with a predetermined format, and records record information onto the initialized information record medium, and further records the record information onto the initialized and recorded information record medium. The record information comprises data information in the data area as main portion of the record information to be recorded and control information in the lead in area for controlling recording and reproducing operation of the data information. The control information includes a last recorded address indicating an address in the data area of a last portion of the data information which is previously recorded by the recording operation. The information recording apparatus is provided with a controlling device for controlling a writing device to write a predetermined address smaller than a head address of the data area as the last recorded address into the lead in area as one portion of the control information when initializing the information record medium.
摘要:
To provide accurate measurement of rotational velocity and an adequate bandwidth for servo control as a function of the measurement over a wide range of velocities, the present invention utilizes unique speed computation algorithms based on a combination of fine and coarse shaft velocity measurements from a tachometer. The preferred embodiments utilize control signals derived from the velocity measurements to control motor speed, for example, to provide servo control of a digital tape drive. The preferred embodiments utilize an optical encoder coupled to a reel-shaft to generate tachometer pulses as the shaft rotates. The coarse measurement may actually take two different forms for different speed ranges. In one range, this measurement involves counting the number of pulses in a sampling interval. In the other range, the coarse measurement entails counting the number of sampling intervals per detection of a tachometer pulse. The fine velocity measurement is based on detection of differences in time delays between certain ones of the tachometer pulses and the edges of one or more of the sampling intervals. The delay detections may entail counting pulses of a clock signal, which has a rate substantially higher than the sampling rate, for periods between certain tachometer pulses and the edges of one or more of the sample intervals. The fine measurements provide a correction in the speed calculation for variations in phase relationship between the sampling and the tachometer pulses.
摘要:
A magnetic recording and reproducing device according to the present invention operates with steps of moving a magnetic tape having a plurality of tracks per frame and a plurality of control signals recorded thereon, keeping count of the pulses of a frequency generator signal corresponding to the rotation of a capstan motor by a frequency generator counter, resetting the count of the frequency generator pulses by the control signal reproduced by a fixed magnetic head, detecting the track number by the control signal counter reset by a frame reference signal, controlling, at the start, the start timing on the basis of the tape stop position detected by the frequency generator pulse counter and control counter and the reference frame signal from the reference frame signal generator. The device prevents thinning of tracks at the editing point in after-break recording and the disturbance of images immediately after the start. The device does not require a special circuit or complicated software-wise processing, and provides a stabilized slow-reproduced image. Further, in a magnetic recording and reproducing device for intermittent recording, there is no danger of causing thinning to recorded tracks. Thus, a reproduced image of high quality can be obtained.
摘要:
A system and method to compensate for data defects within a magneto-optical computer memory device comprises a data channel coupled to the memory device for receiving and processing data signals, and a detector channel coupled to the data channel for detecting the data defects and then generating corresponding defect-skipping pulses. The data channel responsively uses the defect-skipping pulses to compensate for the data defects and thus maintain reliability of the data signals.
摘要:
A division test write processing unit is provided and a test writing process for deciding an optimum light emitting power by executing a test writing on a medium is divided into a plurality of division test writing processes. When an upper command is received, in the division test write processing unit, a division control unit skips to a division executing unit locating at the head of the processes which are not yet executed among a plurality of division executing units and allows the dividing processes of the test writing to be executed for a predetermined time.
摘要:
An information recording medium of the present invention includes: a volume space in which user data is recorded; a spare area including a replacement area which may be used in place of a defective area included in the volume space; and a defect management information area in which defect management information for managing the defective area is recorded. The defect management information includes status information indicating whether the defective area is replaced by the replacement area.